Iteration and Conditional Activities in Azure Data Factory
Learn about the different iterator activities in Azure Data Factory.
2024-08-23 (first published: 2021-10-22)
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Articles
5 Ways to Spend Your 2024 Learning and Development Budget in the US
Not many data professionals get a personal Learning and Development (L&D) budget that we can use at our discretion. This is something I encourage you to negotiate when you are considering a job or at your annual review. We all need to learn and a budget signifies your boss cares about you.
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SQL Local Variables and Performance Issues
In this article, we examine the effect of local variables on T-SQL queries and how these could potentially cause performance issues.
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A New and Improved Data Warehouse: Data Engineering with Fabric
In this next installment, John performs the research you might do if your management asked you to examine Fabric.
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Auditing SQL Server – Part 3 – SQL Server Configuration Audit
This section gets into detailed SQL Server configuration details. This is less relevant in a cloud environment, but there are still items to confirm.
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Data Prediction with SQL Server Machine Learning Services, Python, and Linear Regression
Lean how to implement linear regression in SQL Server by running Python code on your data in SQL Server using Machine Learning Services.
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Reduce SQL Server Blocking with READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT
This article explores how enabling READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT on your SQL Server database might ease excessive blocking.
2024-08-19
Recover a Database from Suspect Mode Step by Step
Learn how you can recover a database that is in suspect mode.
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10 tips for Test Data Management success
What are the challenges to implementing a successful test data management strategy? In our recent webinar ‘Harnessing the Power of Test Data Management: Strategies for Success’, Redgate’s Steve Jones was joined by Hamish Watson (DevOps Consultant) and Daniel Watkins (Director/Principal Consultant) to talk all things TDM and how to implement it efficiently and effectively. Here are 10 key tips and takeaways from their conversation in a short blog post.
2024-08-16
Index cleanup : Harder than it looks
I’m not the first person to write about cleaning up unused or redundant indexes.
2024-08-16
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers